Mens Lax Falls Short in Overtime on Senior Day, 9-8

Apr 18, 2009

Men's Lax Falls Short in Overtime on Senior Day,
9-8

4/18/09

WASHINGTON-- The CUA men's lacrosse team fell to Scranton
University Royals in a heartbreaking overtime loss, 9-8.
Catholic now moves to .500 overall at 7-7 and 1-4 in Landmark play
and sit in the fifth spot in the conference. The
Cardinals saw five different players score and won the ground ball
battle 26-24 in a game that was played down to the wire.

Catholic University jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first
quarter but saw that lead disappear when Scranton tied things up
with 5:40 left in the peiod. Jimmy Sinnott (Blue Bell,
Pa./LaSalle) and Jimmy Bitonti (Potomac, Md./Good Counsel)
combined for four goals in the first half as the Cards went into
the locker room up 7-5 on Senior Day. Both defenses stepped
up as So. Goalkeeper Sean McKenna (Rockville,Md./Good Counsel) only
allowed three goals in the entire second half. The sophomore
goalie has managed to stop 110 shots so far this season and has a
save percentage over .600.

With things tied up at eight at the end of regulation, the
Royals came out firing with three shots on goal with one of them
being the game-winning goal in overtime. This game marked the
final home game for the 2009 seniors including Kyle Brant
(Silver Spring, Md./St. John's), Jim McCabe (North Wales,
Pa./LaSalle ), Devin Dolan (Ellicott City, Md./Centennial), Brian
Sheridan (New Hyde Park, NY/Kellenberg), Nick Lehan (Glenelg,
Md./Glenelg Country ), Tim Rettalia (Bayshore, N.Y./Bayshore ),
Matt Barbieri (Gaithersburg, Md./St. John's DC ) and Chris
Saxton (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron).

Coach Singer and the squad will travel to Pennsylvania Tuesday,
April 20th to battle York College. The game is scheduled to
begin at 4:00 p.m. and last time these two teams met it was an epic
game that went an NCAA-record seven overtimes but saw
Catholic come up short 10-9.